Úřad říšského protektora v Čechách a na Moravě, Praha

The creator of the fonds is the Office of the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia which was established in April 1939, soon after the German occupation of the rest of the first Czechoslovak Republic in March 1939. The Office of the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia was the fundamental office from all of the German Nazi occupational offices in the Protectorate. It controlled all protectorate offices - occupational and autonomous - in the Protectorate, including the Czech protectorate government, it also published administration regulations. The Head of the Office was the Reichsprotector. He was a representative of the Reich in the Protectorate Czech and Moravia, delegated by Adolf Hitler, to supervise and defend the political and economic interests of The Third Reich. Reichsprotectors were Constantin von Neurath, Reinhard Heydrich, Kurt Daluege and later in 1943 the Office was lead by K. H. Frank. After the assassination of Heydrich in 1942 a during the year 1943 the Office of the Reichsprotector was reorganized and formally existed till the end of the war, in the fact however it was a part of and belonged under the authority of the German State ministry lead by the State Secretary K. H. Frank.

Although the fonds is not complete it is very extensive and further more it has various types of its creators. Their powers/competences sometimes overlapped. That is one of the reasons why the arranging of the fonds was quite difficult. The other one is related to the fact that the documents were given into the State Central Archives (=National Archives) and than arranged between the years 1960-1986. For better orientation in the fonds it is necessary read all finding aids with further additions. There are not available online only in the research room.